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Offline franksolich

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silly primitive doesn't remember history
« on: November 04, 2010, 01:20:10 PM »
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Oh my.

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SoCalDem  (1000+ posts)        Thu Nov-04-10 02:10 PM
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Not remembering history...or never knowing it?

For a very long time now, America has been all about the here & now and to some degree, our illustrious future.

Be truthful now..

Think back to your schooling.

disclaimer: SOME here will have had post high-school history classes/degrees, or will have , by their own initiative, educated themselves about history.

The education I speak of, is not just your state history or even what passes for US History.

Although I have not picked up a textbook in decades, I cannot believe that history books have not changed all that much.

1st grade.....George & the Cherry Tree & Columbus
2nd grade...More George & probably the 1776 stuff
3rd grade...Abe Lincoln & the "walked a mile to return a penny" stuff
4th grade...recapping the 1,2,3 stuff, with extras
5th grade..brief foray into the Civil War & Indian wars
6th grade...maybe WWI & some congress stuff..more memorizing of dates
7th grade...More WWI, a little Korea & perhaps some congress stuff
8th grade...recapping & testing..perhaps a little WWII

9th grade & up:

This is where it gets fuzzy, because once kids are allowed to choose their courses, many choose "easy" classes, and often schools offer many options that qualify for a "history" credit. The knowledge gained can vary a LOT, from class to class.

My youngest graduated in '97, and even with the AP classes he had, they BARELY touched on the Viet Nam era, and much of what was taught about history revolved around wars and treaties & dates & places. Very LITTLE was ever discussed about the politics of events, or the after-effects.

For non-AP students, or for the many many who drop out at 16-17, is it likely that many (any?) of them suddenly start going to the library searching for books about history?

Millions of people leave school, and never again crack a book about anything of substance. What they pick up along the way (about history), comes to them via movies & The History Channel

Should we be surprised that so many people not only do not remember history..they never KNEW it to start with.

Methinks the silly primitive needs to school the sensitive lad, the piano-playing primitive, on mid-20th-century American history.

Anyway, this is a sad forlorn lonely campfire; not a single solitary primitive at it basking in its light and warmth.

Of course, for primitives, it's just easier to make things up in their asses, than to read facts in books.
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Re: silly primitive doesn't remember history
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2010, 01:38:30 PM »
This is a relatively new commie push in the education system of not teaching the early years of our country.  History from just the last 100 years.  this allows them to completely skip trivialities such as The Constitution, Declaration of Independence...  The goal is to make the kids think that Wilson and FDR were the founding fathers and that government is good and not evil.
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Re: silly primitive doesn't remember history
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2010, 06:49:39 PM »
Quote from: jukin on November 04, 2010, 01:38:30 PM
This is a relatively new commie push in the education system of not teaching the early years of our country.  History from just the last 100 years.  this allows them to completely skip trivialities such as The Constitution, Declaration of Independence...  The goal is to make the kids think that Wilson and FDR were the founding fathers and that government is good and not evil.
That is very true Jukin. Very true.
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Re: silly primitive doesn't remember history
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2010, 04:34:07 AM »
Quote from: jukin on November 04, 2010, 01:38:30 PM
This is a relatively new commie push in the education system of not teaching the early years of our country.  History from just the last 100 years.  this allows them to completely skip trivialities such as The Constitution, Declaration of Independence...  The goal is to make the kids think that Wilson and FDR were the founding fathers and that government is good and not evil.

It is the duty of the parents to teach that, then.  My daughter (and any other children we might have) will know about that time.
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Re: silly primitive doesn't remember history
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2010, 06:16:38 AM »
Quote from: jukin on November 04, 2010, 01:38:30 PM
This is a relatively new commie push in the education system of not teaching the early years of our country.  History from just the last 100 years. 

Those silly creationists want you to think the earth is 6,000 years old when everybody knows it was really created in 1917.
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